Clear Lake hospital plans expansion

The Clear Lake Regional Medical Center said today it will start a $92 million expansion and renovation project with a new patient tower and extensive renovations to the Women’s and Children’s Center.

The new Perkins + Will-designed tower will break ground next summer, as will the renovations. Construction is expected to take about two years to complete.

The new building will include 154,470 square feet of space with operating and recovery rooms and a 20-bed adult Intensive Care Unit. Plans allow for an additional three floors of expansion space in the tower.